Kansas City had 300 miles of street cars and a very walkable city. After WWII they bulldozed entire streets to make room for interstates. Then replaced about half the remaining. Buildings with parking lots.
It killed the downtown. It has slowly improved, but to this day it has never recovered.
Kansas City had 300 miles of street cars and a very walkable city. After WWII they bulldozed entire streets to make room for interstates. Then replaced about half the remaining. Buildings with parking lots.
It killed the downtown. It has slowly improved, but to this day it has never recovered.
You can blame GM and their secret front company, National City Lines. They bought streetcar companies around America and dismantled the lines.